Impressions chronology
Encyclopedia
This is a listing of all of the various versions of the soul music
group The Impressions.
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
group The Impressions.
1958-1960
- Jerry Butler (singer)Jerry Butler (singer)Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.Butler is also an American politician...
- Curtis MayfieldCurtis MayfieldCurtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
- Arthur Brooks (singer)
- Richard Brooks (singer)Richard Brooks (singer)Richard Brooks, born 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is an original singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions. The Impressions were a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.-References:...
- Sam GoodenSam GoodenSam Gooden is an African-American soul singer. He is best known for being an original member of the successful group The Impressions from its beginnings as The Roosters in the 1950s. Sam and the group are still recording and performing...
1960-1962
- Curtis Mayfield
- Arthur Brooks
- Richard Brooks
- Sam Gooden
- Fred CashFred CashFred Cash is an African-American soul singer. He is best known for being a member of the successful group The Impressions, a group in which he replaced Jerry Butler in 1960. Cash was an original member of the Roosters , the group that later evolved into The Impressions. After leaving the group for...
(a returning original member of the Impressions precursor group, The Roosters)
1970-1973
- Leroy HutsonLeroy HutsonLeroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
(Curtis Mayfield departs for a solo career) - Sam Gooden
- Fred Cash
1973-1976
- Ralph JohnsonRalph JohnsonRalph E. Johnson is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a co-author of the influential computer science textbook Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software.Ralph was an early pioneer in...
(Leroy Hutson goes solo, replaced by Johnson and Torian) - Reggie TorianReggie TorianReggie Torian is an American hurdler.He finished eighth at the 1998 World Cup and won a silver medal in 60 metres hurdles at the 1999 World Indoor Championships....
- Sam Gooden
- Fred Cash